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I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. Perhaps, my belief is along the old saying that 'it is always better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.

I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.

I'm from the '60s, but no one has ever accused me of being a hippie. I never had much interest in the Woodstock crowd, which partied to change the world, while real people were starving to death in Africa.

I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture.

I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have done very little work on themselves.

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.